Security officers in Tamale
A consortium of civil society organizations hosted by the Northern Ghana Network for Development (NGND) and the Dagbon Forum has pledged to create a platform for monitoring, responding, designing and implementing early warning systems to prevent potential threats to the road map aimed at finding a lasting solution to the Dagbon chieftaincy crisis.
The group has called on international and local donor agencies to do their best possible to support the peace process. Members of the group applauded the work of the three eminent kings for bringing normalcy back to Dagbon, and urged all sincere Dagombas to support the proposed road map.
The group directed that all legal and administrative arrangements that relate to the road map should be completed and publicized without delay to avoid misinformation and misinterpretation.
Mr. Thiophilus Dokurigu Alhassan, Executive Director, NGND, said civil society actors and religious leaders should come out with clear peace-building and conflict prevention messages prior to the performance of the two funerals.
“Media houses should exercise maximum restraint when carrying stories about the roadmap and also discourage live phone-in discussions on the matter,” he appealed.
Dr. Sulemana Abudulai, President, Dagbon Forum, said the peace process should go beyond the enskinment of a substantive Yaa-Naa in order to strengthen and sustain the required peace in Dagbon.
He called on all Dagombas to support and proudly participate in the performance of the funerals of the two overlords, Yaa-Naa Mahamadu Abdulai IV and Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani II, including the enskinment of a substantive Yaa-Naa.
“We urge the general public to serve as peace ambassadors by exposing persons and groups of individuals whose actions are likely to thwart the implementation of the road map to peace in Dagbon,” he added.
FROM Eric Kombat, Tamale